Quick definitions from WordNet (Mass)▸ noun:(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist▸ noun:the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field▸ noun:a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian eucharistic rite ("The priest said Mass")▸ noun:a musical setting for a Mass ("They played a Mass composed by Beethoven")▸ noun:an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)▸ noun:a body of matter without definite shape ("A huge ice mass")▸ noun:the property of something that is great in magnitude ("He received a mass of correspondence")▸ noun:the common people generally ("Separate the warriors from the mass")▸ noun:(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent▸ verb:join together into a mass or collect or form a mass ("Crowds were massing outside the palace")▸ adjective:occurring widely (as to many people) ("Mass destruction")▸ adjective:gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #18100)
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